Kristen M. Delatour is a master’s student in Historical Archaeology at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her master’s thesis analyzes a zooarchaeological collection at Sylvester Manor, a 17th-century provisioning plantation in New York, to consider the history of enslaved labor over time concerning animal husbandry. Kristen is interested in applying Afro-descendent knowledge within the practice of environmental archaeology. She graduated from the City University of New York City College in Anthropology with a minor in English. During her time, Kristen researched the Afro-descendent past in the Northeastern United States and the Caribbean, analyzing the development of transatlantic economies. Kristen is interested in how the study of Afro-diasporic foodways presents a portrait of experiences of the Afro-descendent past in navigating enslavement. Kristen has participated in the “Unearthing Voices Project” in Barbados, researching how the application of interdisciplinary methods through artistic practice in partnership with archaeology can center human-centered experiences of forced labor for enslaved Africans. She has worked for the New England African American Archaeology Lab, assisting in content creation from archaeological data into digitally accessible public programming and conducting historical research related to sites exploring African American and Afro-Indigenous histories in the Northeastern United States. As a Haitian American anthropologist, Kristen’s research aims to contribute to better stewardship of the material past as a vessel in contextualizing contemporary Black food histories. Her scholarship is informed by her background as a mixed-media artist exploring Black identity and landscape themes.